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A good read on briar

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:29 am
by Sasquatch
Written by others and posted on another forum, I shall unashamedly lift it and call it my own contribution here. :lol:

http://www.rmperkins.com/RMPerkins/Misc ... Briar.pdf



This is TOTALLY cool. Go read it.

Re: A good read on briar

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:48 pm
by RadDavis
Is that supposed to be a link?

Rad

Re: A good read on briar

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:44 pm
by Sasquatch
http://www.rmperkins.com/RMPerkins/Misc ... fBriar.pdf


I guess the forum sees it as a link if you just punch in the url .... so... there ya go.

Re: A good read on briar

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:36 pm
by Charl
Interesting read, Sas, thanks!

Re: A good read on briar

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:41 pm
by Boekweg
yes sas, very interesting. Thanks! :D

Re: A good read on briar

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 5:56 am
by ckr
A point of interest in that study is that the more extractives that were removed from the briar the lower was its resistance to burning and that those extractives when embedded into other woods increased their resistance. Kind of a shame that the materials extracted were analyzed and listed.